Cable panel approves $1,200 for hard drive

Cable Advisory Committee · Meeting of July 15, 2026

GROTON — The Groton Cable Advisory Committee voted 3-0 to raise its hard-drive purchase cap to $1,200 after prices rose. Program Director Ashley Doucette told members Neil N. Colicchio, Janet Vartanian Sheffield and Eric Fischer that a 24-terabyte drive previously approved at up to $1,000 had climbed to $1,054. "I think the idea about capacity versus a few hundred dollars is pretty simple decision," Colicchio said before the unanimous roll-call vote.

Doucette also reported the town's nearly two-year Charter Spectrum license renegotiation remains "in our queue for review," and outlined a planned $3,700 purchase of 500 closed-captioning hours from GNG Technologies for fiscal year 2027, $2,000 of it covered by a Mass Access grant. The committee set its next meeting for August 26 at 4:30 p.m.

In the full story:

• Call to Order and Roll Call
• Budget and Bills Report
• Summer Internship Program Update
• Town Meeting Information Dashboard
• Charter Spectrum Franchise Renegotiation
• Closed Captioning and Accessibility Funding
• State Legislative Update: Streaming Accessibility Bill
• Hard Drive Purchase Request and Vote
• Town Meeting Logistics
• Scheduling and Housekeeping
• Adjournment
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 1,777 words

Source: the Cable Advisory Committee meeting of July 15, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.